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Today, I stumbled upon a at I got Spam?!
Today, I stumbled upon a new aggregator called Informatory. I'm unsure what exactly it is or intends to do, but I was really pleased with the way this aggregator goes about aggregating blog entries and linking back to the source. Things to note... Every entry links to both the blog entry and blog homepage. That's especially nice. No NOFOLLOW on the links, giving the original authors some Google juice. Every entry [...] Read More
I got snow in my mail today at I got Spam?!
I received a spam e-mail today, and it was snowing. No, really, the image was an animated .gif, which looked just like that cheesy Outlook template everyone insists on using round Christmas. This surprised me because it was the first non-static spam I got, so I guess this is the new way for spammers to bypass filters. Also, I think we will be seeing more of these from now on. Scott Berinato [...] Read More
Earning $$ by fooling Google? at I got Spam?!
I remember times, some years ago, when people with little morals and a big urge for a high page rank and keyword search position included white on white (yellow on yellow, black on black and so on) text full of keywords to their websites, technique known as keyword spam. This kind of behavior was almost instantly marked as unfair and Google began to penalize it, together with those sites containing nothing [...] Read More
USA Today Gets Social at The Social Networking Weblog
technology blog -- Mar 4 -- "usa today's web site has been redesigned, but more than that, it has incorporated a lot of social features -- including reader blogs." FULL ARTICLE Now when you read your USA Today online you will be able to network with others that are reading the same stories you are reading. There is now a place for you to leave opinions about the news stories you [...] Read More
My Mousepad or Yours - Friendsation Launches Today at The Dating Weblog
PR NEWSWIRE-- July 8 -- MobileJam launched Friendsation.comJuly 8th, a free dating/friendship community focusing heavily on mobile phone technology. Friendsation.com will bring free instant messaging, online dating and mobile flirting into one interactive community. Members will have access to user profiles, photo galleries, blog diaries, instant messaging, pc to pc chatting and pc to mobile as well as the ability to send video messages to friends or love interests all at the touch of their [...] Read More
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on November 19, 2009
Vulnerability in Gmail at I got Spam?!
Anthony: I was recently attempting to mail some javascript code from my yahoo account to my gmail when I came across this vulnerability. Apparently javascript will run if it is withing the preview of the message. [cut] This vulnerability could be used to gather email addresses. Or even possibly to compromise the account. http://ph3rny.blogspot.com/2006/03/vulnerability-in-gmail.htmloriginal [...] Read More
Make a use out of your Gmail at I got Spam?!
Ok, I think that by now every living being in the developed world has their own Gmail account. And with it dozens, if not tens of dozens of invitations, which are translated to new e-mail accounts at your disposal. Chris from Memos to the Future reminds us that the simplest solutions are usually the most effective: "While the sheer flood of spam messages seems to be rapidly growing, the number of solicitations [...] Read More
Google Explains Gmail's Spam Filters at I got Spam?!
One of the reasons I switched to using Google's Gmail long ago was it's awesome spam filters. Previously, I tried a lot of solutions. About the only thing that's as good as Google's spam filters is the 1-2 combination of the Akisment and Spam Karma 2 plugins on Wordpress for blog comments. This entertaining little promotional video that Google put together explains how Google's spam filter's work. Obviously, they aren't [...] Read More
Gmail security vulnerability at Tech Without Wires
ArsTechnica reports what security researcher, Robert Graham, discovered whilst using Google Mail. [...] Read More
Security Vulnerability Reported In GIF Images Processing In JRE at Java Entrepreneur
An unknown researcher has reported buffer overflow vulnerability in processing of GIF images in Java Runtime Environment which may lead to an untrusted applet elevating its privileges. It may cause an applet to give permission for reading and writing local files or executing local applications with a user running unknown applet. The following releases might be affected: SDK and JRE 1.4.2_12 and earlier JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 9 and earlier SDK and [...] Read More
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on November 10, 2009
Sophos daily Top 10 hoaxes at I got Spam?!
sophos has a list of the top 10 hoaxes and an RSS feed. They are quite funny! People are so gullible. http://feeds.sophos.com/en/rss2_0-sophos-hoaxes.xmloriginal [...] Read More
High volume e-mail deployers at I got Spam?!
Let's laugh with them if we can't really do anything against them, thinks Jon Stewart at his Daily show. This clip was posted at the YouTube by Nettles, and brought to my attention by BrenhamTX via Digg If you were ever tempted to answer any of those e-mails which appeared in your spam inbox, remember: #1 Spammers lie #2 If you think that a spammer is not lying, go back to rule #1 #3 [...] Read More
Sponsored Post: Spikes In Spam Put Your Business at Risk at I got Spam?!
Around 70% of all emails hitting your company's servers is spam. Time spent dealing with spam affects efficiency and productivity. The malware that often accompanies spam can wreck havoc on your servers, comprise important data, and become a PR nightmare if the security of customer data is breached. Experts predict that spam will become an ever increasing problem in 2008 as spammers come up with new ways to thwart spam [...] Read More
Fox News Develops Its Own 'Daily' Show at The Digital TV Weblog
does Jack Bauer do stand up? Joel Surnow, co-creator of "24," is going to take a whack at conservative comedy for Fox News Channel. He is creating a pilot that will air in prime time in January. If successful, the channel's fair-and-balanced mix of news and opinion would produce weekly political satire. As Tom Siebert reports: Surnow originally pitched the idea of a right-leaning "The Daily Show" alternative as a late-night comedy series [...] Read More
Daily Diabetic @ IHM Health Blogs Directory at Daily Diabetic
Daily Diabetic got included at the IHM - Health Blogs, Part 6, under the Diabetes category. Thank you very much to Lisa Emrich. What a great list of blog resources you have there. I've got to visit them and subscribe to their RSS feeds. Thanks again, quite an honor to be included in a list of such great health blogs and bloggers. IHM - Health Blogs, Part 6 at Trusted MD Network and [...] Read More
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on October 31, 2009
Olympic Torch Hoax at I got Spam?!
My Dad recently got the following email (excerpt only). You should be alert during the next days: Do not open any message with an attached filed called "Invitation" regardless of who sent it. It is a virus that opens an Olympic Torch which "burns" the whole hard disc C of your computer. ... While the Invitation virus is a hoax, the message is likely a good one. If you don't know an [...] Read More
Hackers Threaten to Attack CNN at I got Spam?!
PCWorld is reporting that Chinese hackers appear to be preparing for an attack on CNN scheduled for April 19th. The attack is being spurred by the recent pro-tibet coverage in the media. A Chinese site called Anti-CNN is protesting what it considers anti-Chinese propaganda and is calling for protests in several countries including Germany, France and the UK. The attack threat however, appears to be unrelated to the Anti-CNN site. [...] Read More
Spyware King Wins Olympic Gold at I got Spam?!
Dale Begg-Smith of AdsCPM made his fortune from Spyware according to this article. Read the entire article.original [...] Read More
Toshiba's Micro Nuclear Plant: Nice Idea, But A Hoax at The Gadgets Weblog
Normally, we like to cover real gadgets here at The Gadgets Weblog, but occasionally, it's worthwhile to cover a gadget that's clearly a fake. A blog called Next Energy News leaks a story about Toshiba building a "Micro Nuclear Reactor" that would be nothing short of a miracle. The 200 kilowatt Toshiba designed reactor is engineered to be fail-safe and totally automatic and will not overheat. Unlike traditional nuclear reactors [...] Read More
Butter vs. Margarine Hoax at Do you like to cook?
What do you have on your toast, butter or margarine? Well, butter of course! But I am no margarine hater either. There's a small tub of it in my pantry. I use it now and then for summer picnic cookies that will go under the hot sun. There's an old e-mail hoax still going around about margarine originally made to fatten turkeys and turned out to be toxic. Here's part of it: Now [...] Read More
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on October 21, 2009
AOL, Yahoo Plan Paid E-Mail Service at I got Spam?!
Antone Gonsalves: America Online Inc. and Yahoo Inc. on Monday said they planned to launch certified email services that would bypass spam filters and deliver messages directly to subscribers. http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=179100768original [...] Read More
Boycott Yahoo! Mail at I got Spam?!
Adrian Pritchett: A little while ago I wrote a message to a friend, and after I clicked to send I got a CAPTCHA screen that said I had to verify the code in a graphic to send the message. It explained it was a feature that fights spam. I am a paying customer who has given them my name, address, credit card number, and birthdate, yet they treat me like [...] Read More
Yahoo Sues Lottery Spammers at I got Spam?!
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Yong Hian Lim Yahoo has filed suit against a group of scammers. The spam mails claimed the recipent had won a lottery run by Yahoo. In reality there is no Yahoo sponsored lottery and anyone who tried to claim the bogus prize had their personal information stolen and was ripped off for hundreds of dollars in "processing fees". "The unauthorized use of Yahoo's trademarks is misleading, fraudulent, [...] Read More
Yahoo's Beginning... at The Search Engine Weblog
One of the most powerful search engines these days is Yahoo. And the story behind the search engine giant is worth reminiscing. In January of 1994, alumni at Stanford University, Jerry Yang and David Filo created Yahoo, which is originally called Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web. The said search engine was a directory that organized other web sites into a hierarchy. Then the history of Yahoo starts. Unlike other search [...] Read More
Yahoo, Print Media Boast Alliance at The Search Engine Weblog
Tomio Geron's article titled Yahoo, Newspapers Tout Alliance posted on redherring states: Yahoo's content and advertising alliance with newspapers has grown almost threefold in the program's first six months, the Internet portal said this week. The rapid growth suggests that Yahoo's newspaper partnership strategy could prove far more successful than more limited efforts by rival Google to sell print ads. Yahoo in November unveiled an alliance with 7 newspaper groups, representing [...] Read More
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Today, I stumbled upon a new aggregator called Informatory. I'm unsure what exactly it is or intends to do, but I was really pleased with the way this aggregator goes about aggregating blog entries and linking back to the source. Things to note... Every entry links to both the blog entry and blog homepage. That's especially nice. No NOFOLLOW on the links, giving the original authors some Google juice. Every entry [...] Read More
I received a spam e-mail today, and it was snowing. No, really, the image was an animated .gif, which looked just like that cheesy Outlook template everyone insists on using round Christmas. This surprised me because it was the first non-static spam I got, so I guess this is the new way for spammers to bypass filters. Also, I think we will be seeing more of these from now on. Scott Berinato [...] Read More
I remember times, some years ago, when people with little morals and a big urge for a high page rank and keyword search position included white on white (yellow on yellow, black on black and so on) text full of keywords to their websites, technique known as keyword spam. This kind of behavior was almost instantly marked as unfair and Google began to penalize it, together with those sites containing nothing [...] Read More
technology blog -- Mar 4 -- "usa today's web site has been redesigned, but more than that, it has incorporated a lot of social features -- including reader blogs." FULL ARTICLE Now when you read your USA Today online you will be able to network with others that are reading the same stories you are reading. There is now a place for you to leave opinions about the news stories you [...] Read More
PR NEWSWIRE-- July 8 -- MobileJam launched Friendsation.comJuly 8th, a free dating/friendship community focusing heavily on mobile phone technology. Friendsation.com will bring free instant messaging, online dating and mobile flirting into one interactive community. Members will have access to user profiles, photo galleries, blog diaries, instant messaging, pc to pc chatting and pc to mobile as well as the ability to send video messages to friends or love interests all at the touch of their [...] Read More
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